Thomas Hobbes' most famous work, this book was one of the earliest examples of social contract theory.
What is "Leviathan?"
100
This philosophe is credited with the separation of powers
Who is Montesquieu?
100
This is John Locke's theory that all men are born as a blank slate.
What is tabula rasa?
100
This figure thought that man was inherently bad and that an absolute monarchy was the best form of government. Nevertheless, his ideas about the social contract endured.
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
200
Jean Jacques Rousseau penned this work that declared that the general will of the people should govern civilization.
What is "The Social Contract?"
200
This philosophe wrote "Emile," which called for education reform.
Who is Jean-Jacques Rousseau?
200
Adam Smith is responsible for this economic idea, a French phrase meaning that the economy should be left to do as it will.
What is laissez-faire?
200
In his "Two Treatises of Government," this figure argued that the people had a right to revolt against a government that acted against their interests.
Who is John Locke?
300
Adam Smith penned this work arguing that the most effective economy was a free-market economy, with little interference from the government.
What is "The Wealth of Nations?"
300
This philosophe was the main editor of the "Encyclopédie," in which he wanted to gather all knowledge.
Who is Denis Diderot?
300
John Locke argued that these three things were man's natural rights.
What is life, liberty, and property?
300
Voltaire wrote this famous piece of satire, which became banned for it's depictions of graphic violence.
What is "Candide?"
400
This man argued that a person's character was shaped solely by experience, and he wrote about it in "An Essay Concerning Human Understanding."
Who is John Locke?
400
François-Marie Arouet--who argued for more freedom of speech, press, and religion--wrote under this pen name.
Who is Voltaire?
400
Adam Smith claimed that this unseen force--generated by individual desire to maximize personal wealth--would guide the economy better than any government policy.
What is the invisible hand?
400
This writer of "the Vindication of the Rights of Women" believed that women should have equal rights as men.
Who is Mary Wollstonecraft?
500
In this, his most important work, Cesare Beccaria argued against torture and the death penalty.
What is "On Crimes and Punishments?"
500
To answer the question "What is Enlightenment," this philosophe wrote that it is "man's emergence from his self-imposed immaturity."
Who is Immanuel Kant?
500
This was a broad set of ideas developed by many Enlightenment figures that put God and religion into a natural and rational framework.
What is "Deism?"
500
This philosophe is known as the Father of Economics.